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Dean Talcott, a 48-year Fanwood resident who distinguished himself as a Master Tree Steward, Master Gardener and avid environmentalist, died this week after a 16-month-long battle with cancer. He was 74. He passed away at home with Linda, his wife of 32 years, at his side. Dean's passion for the outdoors and especially trees took ...
The Fanwood community came out in large numbers tonight to meet and mingle with their police, fire and EMS responders during the 2023 National Night Out at LaGrande Park. Founded in 1984 in suburban Philadelphia as a local town watch “night out against crime,” the National Night Out is now a nationwide community outreach by ...
William Lee, who touched thousands of lives as a teacher, coach, volunteer and driving instructor, died on Saturday, July 22nd, 2023, at a rehab facility in Virginia. He was 88. Learning to drive through the Lee Driving School was a rite of passage for young men and women in the Fanwood-Scotch Plains community for 38 ...
Fanwood’s amazing high school athletes took center stage at the July regular meeting of the Fanwood Mayor and Council Monday, July 17th, 2023. Record setting track and field achievements by Boys’ and Girls’ Track-and-Field athletes were recognized by the Council which presented proclamations congratulating them on the following: Jenai Berry for State Sectional Championship in ...
Fanwood families turned out for the Party in the Park, rescheduled because of last week’s poor weather, and there were old and new attractions this year at the event’s usual site, LaGrande Park. New was a pillow case race sponsored by Fanwood’s Shovlin Mattress Company. Owner Ron Shovlin and his staff signed up racers at ...
Mayor Colleen Mahr and members of the Borough Council participated in raising a Pride Flag at Borough Hall on Monday, June 19th, in observance of Pride Month recognizing LGBTQ members of the community. The event was suggested by Caden Swiatek, a Fanwood resident and rising senior at the Newmark School in Scotch Plains, about celebrating ...
Fanwood Police Director Michael Bramhall told the Borough Council at its regular June meeting Monday that police are ramping up measures to both prevent vandalism in Borough parks and catch the perpetrators. Ongoing vandalism at Forest Road Park, LaGrande Park and the Fanwood Nature Center hit a low point late last week with racist and ...
The third annual Juneteenth event attracted families from across the Fanwood-Scotch Plains area to celebrate diversity, local Black History and the end of slavery in the shadow of the first Black country club, the Shady Rest on Jerusalem Road in Scotch Plains. MC Marklyn "MisterDirect" Johnson Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021 ...
We've revised our No-Knock list so you can now fill it out online or download a hard copy and send it in. A Borough ordinance allows residents to put their names and addresses on a No-Knock list indicating they do not want solicitors to knock on their door or otherwise approach their home. Details and ...
The construction of the new Fanwood Memorial Library is moving along at good clip thanks to hard work by the construction trades and favorable weather. Mayor Colleen Mahr, Library Director Dan Weiss and other officials paid the site a visit on Wednesday, June 7th, signed a steel girder and marveled at the fast pace of ...